JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, APRIL 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Apr. 2000   Apr. 1999   Apr. 2000  Apr. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult              1,345       1,106         981      2,071
Others                    686         755         807        797
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       98         105          72         83
Atlantic salmon         2,621       2,202       1,811      1,538
Yellowfin tuna          3,171       3,698       2,318      2,837
Bluefin tuna              617         559         981      1,178
Bigeye tuna             1,846       1,905       1,473      1,662
Southern bluefin tuna     392         254         973        522
Sea bream                 101         193          77        118
Billfish                  227         183         172        129
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 160         109         126         95
Pacific sockeye           292          45         148         39
Pacific coho            8,208       5,090       4,082      3,310
Other Pacific salmon      132         593          83        177
Pink salmon             4,972       6,686       2,680      3,425
Atlantic salmon           288       1,883         138        902
Other salmon                -           8           -          4
Halibut                 2,127       1,347         825        511
Albacore tuna              79         270          18         54
Yellowfin tuna          6,378       6,595       2,038      2,710
Skipjack                7,173       2,816         507        288
Bluefin tuna               94           0         214          0
Bigeye tuna             9,919      13,073       7,169      9,433
Herring                 4,221      11,831         437      1,274
Cod                     4,559       2,255       1,347        588
Mackerel                7,836      19,881         762      2,306
Mero                      888       1,005         633        757
Jack mackerel           2,180       1,272         216        132
Sea bream                 344         285          73         70
Capelin                 2,997       5,572         448        700
Billfish                  638         980         153        233
Spanish mackerel          117         254          39         71
Rockfish                1,104       1,389         288        388
Sablefish                 561         528         602        453
Herring roe               209         324         118        194
Pollock roe             6,916      11,608      15,239     16,294
Mero, fillet              975       1,267       1,052      1,345
Swordfish, fillet          65         139          34         58
Pollock surimi         16,404      29,219       3,469      8,931
Cod Surimi                373         344          67         66
Threadfin bream         4,631       4,515         858        972
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               411         350         442        478
Pollock roe               178         416         362        571
Salmon roe                 67         137         136        245
Shellfish
Live
Sea urchin                506         543         332        364
Arkshell                  830       1,288         335        452
Live/fresh
Spiny lobster             230         284         670        740
King crab                 681         738         315        421
Tanner crab             2,445       2,005         830        724
Blue crab                  56         125         103        194
Other crab                376         316         276        286
Oyster                  2,451       1,924       1,280      1,061
Clam                    1,722       2,715         370        597
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster           1,240         846       2,484      1,448
Lobster                    94          58         222        115
Shrimp                 18,116      18,515      20,491     20,716
King crab               1,970       2,973       3,957      4,285
Tanner crab             1,070       5,098       1,276      4,353
Blue crab                 471         318         226        142
Other crab                 39         190          21        146
European cuttlefish     1,679       1,468         631        645
Octopus                 8,288       4,776       2,468      2,293
Scallop                     5           5           5          2
Other cuttlefish        2,312       2,271       1,469      1,591
Squid                     774         341         141         64
Abalone                    33           6          95         31
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     111          41          81         38
Sea urchin roe             18          16          52         40
Jellyfish               1,039         397         465        276
Seaweed, dried            887         658         461        431
Seaweed, salted         5,044       9,857         539      1,262
Prepared                     
Eel                     8,110       6,747       9,853     10,711
Canned crab                 4          13           4         10
Fish meal              19,282      29,628       1,237      2,247

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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